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leahey··on Ask HN: Share your personal site
http://fallingleavescabin.com

Its not a personal site, per se, but its my YouTube page for my family's little cabin videos and trail cams. Love making them and its the one consistent thing I do, other than walk my dog, that makes me happy.

leahey··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2021)
US tax attorney here. I write a lot on the subject of EU VAT fraud (mostly in Tax Notes and Tax Notes International). I'm currently looking at a number of cases. Would love to be involved, if you don't mind a remote American. In any event, would love to chat. Andrew[at]Leahey.org
leahey··on Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client
And GAIM was based on Gamera, the official AOL Linux client.
leahey··on A New species of whale has been discovered off the western coast of Mexico
This is going to be trotted out as evidence of the plausibility of Bigfoot for generations to come.
leahey··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2020)
Location: Philadelphia, PA

Remote: yes

Willing to relocate: No

Resume/CV: http://andrew.legal top left link

Email: Andrew [at] Leahey.org

Attorney (NJ/PA barred in US) specializing in tax and technology. Looking for part time/contract gigs or just opportunities to weigh-in/help.

leahey··on Ask HN: How did you find your lawyer?
Lawyer here. Your best bet is a friend's recommendation, backed up with at least there not being anything negative about them in terms of reviews online. Not every one of us pushes for positive reviews from clients, though, and for the most part you have to to get one, so don't make not having any reviews a dealbreaker. Also make sure they haven't been sanctioned, you can search your state's disciplinary records -- its all public.

If its for an issue that is niche, you should see if they have published in the area in question. Gives you a decent indication of their standing in that field.

leahey··on Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has joined Amazon’s board of directors
This kind of revolving door stuff has been going on for as long as there has been government and private industry. It's just as scary as ever, but no more.

The good news/bad news reality is Alexander is looking for a big payday after years in government service -- not assist the government is using Amazon for its own surveillance purposes, or assist Amazon in becoming better at surveillance.

leahey··on Adam Curry launches a new, open podcast directory
>Comment moderation isn't a measure of ethics.

I thought this was about the expectations of a user on here? Now its about ethics? You must have strong legs to do all this jumping. You should try just saying what you mean the first time.

leahey··on Adam Curry launches a new, open podcast directory
Come on dude, read the comment you're linking to. Where did I make an argument as to the truth or a value judgment as to Biden being a racist? At least read the comment before you respond ... and link to it.

Edit: I'll put a bow on it for you. You say:

>by that standard they're more alt right than the republicans are.

You are comparing comments made by one individual 40 years ago to where your preferred /party/ falls today. You are doing all of this in response to a question as to what meaningful difference there is between the modern GOP and alt-right.

Forget about the fact that even if Joe Biden literally wore a Klan hood on Inauguration Day 2020 your answer would still not be responsive to the question, you must be able to see the issue in needing to go back 40 years in one individual's public life to find a favorable comparison to your preferred party's current positions.

Seriously. Just stop. You're flailing.

Edit 2: Just saw your other thread where you're defending Rittenhouse in Kenosha. Clear which side of the aisle you fall. We're done here, feel free to have your last word.

leahey··on Adam Curry launches a new, open podcast directory
Other commenters are attempting to split hairs by pretending the consent decree the Trump Management entered in to (https://www.clearinghouse.net/chDocs/public/FH-NY-0024-0034....) indicates they engaged in no wrongdoing. Reality is, they did plenty (https://vault.fbi.gov/trump-management-company).

But, as you say, the game is to divert attention and dodge the issue -- as illustrated by the fact that you asked for a distinction between the modern GOP and alt-right and our friend here started talking about Biden.

leahey··on Animal Populations Fell by 68% in 50 Years and It’s Getting Worse
Is there any reason to believe this may have turned around some in the years since 2016? No, right? I feel stupid even asking.
leahey··on Adam Curry launches a new, open podcast directory
>can't provide evidence to back it up

Have. Not your personal researcher.

>...don't conform to expected behavior...

And yet, my initial comment is doing just fine despite your suggestions people flag it. Hmm.

leahey··on Adam Curry launches a new, open podcast directory
I made no such arguments. I'm not sure you know what logic means, though, so I forgive your mistake.
leahey··on Adam Curry launches a new, open podcast directory
Ha. Boy, you make a lot of assumptions.
leahey··on Ask HN: Parents, how is virtual education going for your kids?
I'm lucky that my daughter just wrapped up Pre-K and is now starting Kindergarten, two "years" that are pretty low stakes in terms of what gets done. With that caveat, remote learning went fine and home schooling is going smoothly (1 week in).
leahey··on Ask HN: What is the true death rate from Covid 19?
The insurance bonus is actually intended to incentivize coverage, rather than care, and act as a stimulus to the insurance industry. I'm not endorsing that policy, just stating it as plainly as I can.
leahey··on Energy Consumption by Source and Country (1969-2018)
What an incredibly depressing total for renewables. Woof.
leahey··on Adam Curry launches a new, open podcast directory
You forget Lincoln was a Republican.

/s

leahey··on Adam Curry launches a new, open podcast directory
Kind of makes the point whenever alt-right apologists need to look to comments from an opponent from 40 years ago to prove their guy, today, is aokay. Akin to how the GOP likes to point out where the Democrats were during Jim Crow.

Speaks much more about where your party is in 2020 than anything else.

leahey··on Adam Curry launches a new, open podcast directory
This is a combination of regurgitated mantras from the show and fan fiction.

They defend Trump at every turn and only hold his feet to the fire for things like “Tweeting too much.” You need only look to the subreddit for the show to see those that fell off over the years owing to their alt right turn. Let’s not pretend this is some accusation you’ve never heard before.

As the other replier said, they constantly and consistently repeated the Obama birtherism nonsense. Now they defend Trump. There is a throughline there, you just don’t want to see it.

leahey··on Adam Curry launches a new, open podcast directory
I've said it several times. Grab an episode of No Agenda and give it a listen. Alternatively, check out any of the times he has filled in for Alex Jones on Infowars; a quick Google turns up the August 9, 2017 episode.
leahey··on Adam Curry launches a new, open podcast directory
You made a little feint there in your second sentence of the second paragraph -- who said anything about fascism? I suspect it might be you that doesn't know what alt-right means in your confusion between the two. That would also explain your waving away the reality that classical liberalism underpins much of the alt-right movement. You might notice many folks espousing the views of one Ayn Rand, for example.

Beyond that, and returning to the actual subject at hand, there is very little "deconstruction" -- to the extent that is a thing, in the show. Perhaps in the early days. It has long since devolved in to a Trump apologist show, regurgitating Fox News and Breitbart talking points. You need only look to see where else Curry has appeared.

leahey··on Adam Curry launches a new, open podcast directory
You’ve defined No Agenda or Curry as just being “deviating from mainstream media,” decided that is what I must mean by alt-right, and worked yourself up into a lather about it.

How you can determine what I am or am not conflating based on my statement about a single media property and the guy behind it is beyond me.

We get it. You’re a fan. You don’t want to be a fan of an alt right guy. That’s your conundrum to work out, not mine.

leahey··on Adam Curry launches a new, open podcast directory
Yeah I reckon you can't call one podcast an alt right conspiracy spew without believing "the media is truly independent and always tells the full truth in an unbiased manner, that no alternative media organization has ever legitimately exposed even a single mainstream narrative that was less than truthful."
leahey··on Adam Curry launches a new, open podcast directory
>I can see already that this is going to be a fruitless conversation based on feelings rather than evidence.

Knowing yourself is the first step. Thanks for the heads up.

leahey··on Adam Curry launches a new, open podcast directory
Note to others: this is just the line they reiterate on the show itself.
leahey··on Adam Curry launches a new, open podcast directory
Overcast is cool (http://www.overcast.fm)
leahey··on Adam Curry launches a new, open podcast directory
You not liking it != baseless. Similarly, hosting a podcast with a black person doesn’t, a priori, preclude you being alt right.
leahey··on Adam Curry launches a new, open podcast directory
Meevio?
leahey··on Adam Curry launches a new, open podcast directory
Grab a No Agenda episode at random and give it a spin.
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